Maryland Farm Bureau Inc

“The members of maryland farm bureau consist of 23 county farm bureaus and 24 affiliate members. County farm bureau members must have at least 50 regular members (actively engaged in farming or business that support farming) to be eligible for membership. Affiliate members are statewide educational organizations of farmers, cooperative organizations of farmers serving 2 or more counties and organizations of professional educators or extension educators in agricultural related fields.”

“The governing body of the organization is elected at the annual meeting. Each of the 23 county farm bureau members is entitled to voting delegates based on the number of regular farm bureau members who join the county farm bureau. Affiliate members may send 2 voting delegates to the annual meeting.”

“The voting delegates at the annual meeting elect the officers; approve and seat the board of directors; approve amendments to the bylaws before they are enacted; and approve and ratify the actions of the board of directors, the executive committee and the service company.”

“After the return is prepared by the organization's auditors a draft copy of the return is provided to the organization for review. The accounting director first agrees all amounts to the general ledger and financial statements and discusses any questions with the auditors. Once this is done then the accounting director reviews the entire return with the executive director and then the return is distributed to the audit committee and each member of the board of directors for their review. All questions are then summarized and discussed with the auditor. All required changes are made by the auditor and a final return is reviwed and signed by the executive director.”

“Maryland farm bureau, inc. Has a conflict of interest policy and annually management discusses this important document with the board of directors and has them sign the agreement to insure it is current.”

“The organization's top management individual, the executive director, is evaluated on an annual basis by the entire board of directors. Each board member completes a confidential and comprehensive, written evaluation of the executive director and forwards that document to the president of the board. The president compiles the information into a summary evaluation and then sits down with the executive director to go over the evaluation. Any compensation adjustments are made only after this process is complete.”

“All of the organization's governing documents are kept in the organization's main office. Being public documents, they are available to interested parties; however they must physically come to the maryland farm bureau, inc. Office to inspect any of the documents.”

“The organization has not changed its oversight or selection process during the tax year.”